✅ Short answer: No
🙌 Beginner-friendly by design
You don’t need a CAD background to use Roof Wizard. It’s designed to make roof takeoffs and estimating approachable, with tools and workflows that guide you through the process.
🧠 What experience helps (but isn’t required)
🧩 Helpful, not mandatory
These can make things faster, but you can still succeed without them:
Roofing knowledge (helps you understand what items you need to include)
Estimating experience (helps you interpret quantities and pricing)
CAD/design experience (helps you feel comfortable working on-screen)
🐥 Don't worry if you are totally new
If you’re new to any of the above, Roof Wizard is still a great place to start—especially with training and support.
🧰 How Roof Wizard stays easy to learn
🧭 Estimating-focused workflow
Roof Wizard helps you:
Trace or build roof shapes and key roof lines
Add common roof elements (ridges, hips, valleys, edges, penetrations)
Automatically calculate areas, lengths, and material quantities
Produce takeoff reports and estimating outputs without “traditional CAD” complexity
🎓 Getting up to speed
📚 Training and support options
If you’re starting from scratch (or just want to get faster), you’ve got plenty of options:
🎓 AppliCad Academy online training (step-by-step learning)
📖 AppliCad Help Centre (searchable how-to articles and guides)
▶️ YouTube video library (quick how-tos and walkthroughs)
🤖 AI support chatbot (fast answers when you’re stuck)
📞 Unlimited customer support via phone, email, and online meeting